Tomorrow it's back to reality again after 2 weeks with days of, travelling and family visiting.
Turn rate will probably continue to be rather slow as the weather is greaT! [8D]
Bah, don't I know it. On the plane at Heathrow and it's 28 degrees celcius and get off here and it's hail and sleet and 4 degrees. Still, talking to a Norwegian about crappy weather in NZ is always going to be a losing battle...
Interesting stuff on the west coast of Oz. Especially the heavy aerial bombardment of his troops. Does he have AAA elements to his group? From what I can glean from other AARs AAA is still neutered compared to reality (although you aren't up to proximity fuses yet).
Good to know that we have better weather than NZ a few months of the year [;)]
- No AA units, only some generic guns that cause the occasional ac loss.
This is the quiet period; Japan is still the strongest side but have expanded as much as their logistics can sustain in face of stiffening Allied resistance.
Lost 18 Lily's today, the armored version. Didn't help much, 27 of them went off alone despite being assigned specific escort at same altitude with air HQ in hex.
Only 11 P-40's caused the carnage despite the poor weather. Our sweeps arrived of course later on in the day.
Got a few ships and bombed the usual targets. No more signs of enemy carriers in the Central Pacific.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 17, 42
Air Combat
Morning Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 52,42
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
xAKL Chaksang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AM Lismore, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 27
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 49,138
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 15000 feet *
31 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 30
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 15000 feet *
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without"
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lost 18 Lily's today, the armored version. Didn't help much, 27 of them went off alone despite being assigned specific escort at same altitude with air HQ in hex.
Only 11 P-40's caused the carnage despite the poor weather. Our sweeps arrived of course later on in the day.
Pretty sure I've read that poor weather has a bad affect on coordination.
"Measure civilization by the ability of citizens to mock government with impunity" -- Unknown
3 turns in a row that Lily unit went off on its own; in good as in poor weather.
The weather didn't prevent the P-40's from shooting them down in droves though. Some of the ole' uber kill routines still seems to be alive and well [:'(]
"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without"
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
3 turns in a row that Lily unit went off on its own; in good as in poor weather.
The weather didn't prevent the P-40's from shooting them down in droves though. Some of the ole' uber kill routines still seems to be alive and well [:'(]
Good news for you is the japanese can do the same to allied 2E bombers if they get caught unescorted too.. lost a lot of B26/5 A20's etc to LRcapping zeros. Slim consolation yes but it happens to both sides.
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
I know who's going to die the most in the long run cause Allied 4E's don't go down easily [:'(]
Aggro is 62; high but shouldn't be suicidal!-)
Mini KB has refuelled and is speeding home; Junyo is holding up, can still make 22 knots - one more than the CS Mizuho.
Managed to get the KB all but out of fuel; directing a TF to give the ships some emergency fuel. On the way to the HI's to do some R&R and upgrade.
Rabaul is almost maxed out as a base; will start on the forts next and remove an engineer unit.
Lack of engineers is what makes it impossible to build up more bases. Capturing more would only add fuel to the fire.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 18, 42
Air Combat
Switched to a night bombing attack to keep Andy cursing.
Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Allied fighters finally back in the air north of Perth. We sweep the CAP and get tangled into a violent dogfight.
Losses are fairly equal on both sides.
Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 49,139
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
49th FG/9th FS with P-40E Warhawk (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
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Another TF is sunk near Akyab
Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,44
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
KV Fritillary, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AM Deloraine, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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The sole surviving P-40 shoot down 2 and damage another Sally.
Allied fighters butcher all Jap bombers.
Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 49,139
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
49th FG/9th FS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
Also attacking 7th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
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In the afternoon the escort is lost (twice) escorting the Nells back towards another target.
2 sweeps mow down lots of P-40s.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,44
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,44
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
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Strangely another 4 P-40s are on the scene when the Nell arrives.
So we loose 4 and sink another light transport.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,44
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied Ships
xAKL Elcano, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged:
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
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I now got a firm lock on this Chinese Army Group.
Ground combat at 79,56
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 58032 troops, 484 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 2048
Defending force 25661 troops, 217 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 708
Japanese adjusted assault: 1259
Allied adjusted defense: 496
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Defending units:
46th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
7th War Area
12th Group Army
30th Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without"
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
3 turns in a row that Lily unit went off on its own; in good as in poor weather.
The weather didn't prevent the P-40's from shooting them down in droves though. Some of the ole' uber kill routines still seems to be alive and well [:'(]
Good news for you is the japanese can do the same to allied 2E bombers if they get caught unescorted too.. lost a lot of B26/5 A20's etc to LRcapping zeros. Slim consolation yes but it happens to both sides.
Hi PzB!
As always a great battle you are fighting against Andy!
Just for info: I think I have found one of the reasons (there could be more naturally) for your coordination issues at the Akyab area.
You are confusing the game engine if you have separate strikes on the same altitude. From the combat reports it looks like you set all of your attacks to 15k.
You had 2 very different plane types to esort: Sally and Lilly´s.
I think that the escorts had a dice roll to fly with the Sally´s (possibly because of plane type or cruise speed coordination, but could also be because of something else) and so
"robbed" the Lilly´s of "their" escorts.
If you choose different attack altitudes for Sally´s and Lilly´s and afterwards assign escorts with the same altitude distinction this has a good chance to improve coordination.
In general you seem to prefer 15k as your level bombing altitude. If this is true the game engine gets far too many results when looking for possible coordinated strikes and
this leads to many off results. I know that altitude distinction and checking on altitude overlaps on different strikes can be a bit tedious but thats how it works.
Hope this helps. [:)]
And good luck in fighting this out.
Tomorrow it's back to reality again after 2 weeks with days of, travelling and family visiting.
Turn rate will probably continue to be rather slow as the weather is greaT! [8D]
Bah, don't I know it. On the plane at Heathrow and it's 28 degrees celcius and get off here and it's hail and sleet and 4 degrees. Still, talking to a Norwegian about crappy weather in NZ is always going to be a losing battle...
Interesting stuff on the west coast of Oz. Especially the heavy aerial bombardment of his troops. Does he have AAA elements to his group? From what I can glean from other AARs AAA is still neutered compared to reality (although you aren't up to proximity fuses yet).
Not to hijack, but my wife and I spent three weeks in NZ two years ago. (South Island) I have been very fortunate to see a lot of the world-perhaps over 60 countries, but never anything as lovely as NZ. We are aching to get back. Of course, we might wait for better weather....
3 turns in a row that Lily unit went off on its own; in good as in poor weather.
The weather didn't prevent the P-40's from shooting them down in droves though. Some of the ole' uber kill routines still seems to be alive and well [:'(]
I was bitching about my escorts not flying in burma and then realized I had not reset the range from "0" [:@] Garbage in, garbage out.
Another quiet turn; I almost messed up - 2 destroyers hunting shipping near Ceylon were left with "Remain on station".
11 Albacore's came out to meet them but came nowhere near scoring a hit.
Andy's turn to loose some mediums: 30 Blenheims hit a forward base (not manned) and 2 Tojo's on CAP claim 5.
My only offensive plans for the coming month is a renewed sub offensive against PH area.
Pretty sure Andy will be hauling men and goods at an increasing pace.
That's good advice LoBaron! [:)]
15k feet is the standard medium bomber altitude, usually put all bombers and fighters to this altitude.
- My conception is that this would make it simpler, not harder for the fly guys to coordinate themselves. Obviously not always so!-)
Never been to NZ myself, stranded in Brisbane for a year.
That's the human FUBAR FOW factor in WitP [8|]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 22, 42
Air Combat
Morning Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 28,50
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 11
Hurricane IIa Trop x 13
Mohawk IV x 13
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 7 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Katsutade
DD Tachekaze
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without"
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thanks guys. [:)]
Rob the tactic as you deem neccesary. [:D]
Actually I used a deviation of example 2) of my Air Mission Coordination guide in the war room.
When you set different altitudes you "break" coordination.
When you are flying 2 different bomber types and 2 different fighter types and set them all to the same target at the same altitude, you have one disadvantage:
If for some reason the coordination between the two bomber squads is broken because of a bad dice roll, chances are very high that it flies alone because the
game coordinates the three other squads.
If you "artificially break" the strike into parts by separating them by altitude, the chance that a failed coordination between the bombers lead to one bomber squad arriving over target alone is
significantly lower because each has its own escort, so its not up to the game engine anymore to decide who flies with whom.
Will try to see how this dual altitude tactic works tomorrow [:)]
Tojos will sweep then 3 bomber groups will go in at 10 and 15k feet with 2 fighter groups as their respective escorts at the different altitudes!
Andy got to know that the Hiyo was sunk today; thought he knew...it was a flaming hulk and I had to scuttle it.
He gave up chasing the Mini KB. Thought it went north. Told him it went south, the destroyer he sank was the northernmost ship as I divided the TF into 4.
The DD low on fuel took the shortest detour, then 2 battlehips and escorts went west in 2 wider arcs.
The Mini KB itself passed Tahiti on its way back! That's a long detour...
Lots of ships now upgrading in the Home Islands.
Got 1000+ pilots in the pools, 500 army and 500 navy.
Need to rotate more pilots out of China soon, will do it one group a turn as it sux!-)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 23, 42
Ground Combat
The end is near for the surrounded Chinese north of Hong Kong.
Ground combat at 79,56
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63992 troops, 543 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2205
Defending force 20577 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 397
Japanese adjusted assault: 1365
Allied adjusted defense: 124
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1
Defending units:
49th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
7th War Area
30th Group Army
12th Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 78,58
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12123 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 424
Defending force 3533 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54
Japanese adjusted assault: 394
Allied adjusted defense: 7
Japanese assault odds: 56 to 1
What level of experience are you aiming for with your pilots, especially your fighter pilots? What skills are you training for with your bomber pilots, particularly army? I assume you are mostly going for skill levels of about 70?
First attempt at coordinated bombing attacks washed away in the rain + the Lily group was on 100 training so only the escorts and sweep flew and
found no opposition. 2 Sally groups stayed home altogether.
Ideally around 70 exp. That's the case with the training group in the picture below.
Sometimes I transfer pilots with 60+ exp as well, depends on requirements.
One annoying thing: When I request pilots from the reserve I sometimes get the wrong pilots.
E.g. a bomber unit get a very good fighter pilot, so I have to move this one back into the reserve pool.
So what do I do when I have fighter pilots in the bomber pool? Is it possible to transfer them manually?
Also got a lot of rookies in the reserve pool, think I have to draw them into training groups to get rid of them.
KB is busy upgrading in the Home Island; most airgroups are on training.
Mini KB will also join the KB soon and a new light carrier is due in 3 weeks. The Mini KB will be reduced in size to the Junyo and 2 light carriers.
The escort carriers can contribute if I require a larger local Mini KB support group.
As soon as the Musashi is out of the works it's time to accelerate the fleet carriers.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 24, 42
Ground Combat
Ground combat at 79,56
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63067 troops, 543 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 2141
Defending force 19358 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 330
Japanese adjusted assault: 1055
Allied adjusted defense: 46
Defending units:
46th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
12th Group Army
7th War Area
11th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 78,58
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12133 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 550
Defending force 1542 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26
Japanese adjusted assault: 419
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Only air skill; can train for years to get combined exp up to 70...that's a no go.
Try to get exp into 50's at least. Think this should be tweaked a bit. Air skill should be slower to gain but contribute more to the overall flying skills
Can't have one without the other.
"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without"
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
PzB I understand your reasoning and it is true that exp takes much longer to build than air skill.
But just for comparision:
You have probably only a 10% higher chance for a positive exp coordination roll than my training group above.
As you can see I am already flying CAP for experience gain to keep exp roughly at similar values as air.
On this group I will soon reduce training to 20 and up CAP to 40 or 50.
I think your great AAR is not the platform to discuss if the current model is good or bad (I like it in fact) but
when you produce +50exp/+70air pilots, just in my opinion you start focusing on exp a bit too late.
You get good fighters naturally, on the other hand I would not complain about coordination problems with such a low
experience (at least not if this is the top end of exp you plan to throw into combat).
This does not mean that you are not increasing coordinaton by using the tactics discussed above, only that you will have
failed dice rolls based on exp on a regular basis, most of all if your bombers look similar.
